strijken
- (intransitive) to stroke
- (intransitive, transitive) to iron, press (clothes)
- (intransitive) to play a string instrument
- (transitive) to lower (sail)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstrɛi̯kə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch striken, from Old Dutch *strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg-.
Related words
make a stroke
neerlaten
laten zakken
verzakken
wegzakken
in discrediet brengen
kleinmaken
ten val brengen
verootmoedigen
aanstrijken
afdraaien
afgeven op
afkammen
een streep trekken
gladstrijken
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